The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal picks up where the recently concluded Burlington Discover Jazz Festival left off, with a week and a half of nearly constant live music. Of course, the French-Canadian metropolis does its jazz thing on a much larger scale, and mixes in a great deal more pop music than does its little sister in Vermont. Look for more complete coverage of the Montreal festival in upcoming editions of Weekend, but in the meantime read on for schedule highlights of the event’s first day on Wednesday (all prices in Canadian dollars; the festival runs through July 9):